Alleged crossbow killer to be arraigned today, faces murder charge

The Humboldt County District Attorney's Office is charging 20-year-old Phoenix Triton King with murder and attempted murder stemming from allegations that he shot two men with a crossbow on Sunday.

Deputy District Attorney Elan Firpo said she is currently working on the criminal complaint charging King, who is scheduled to be arraigned later today. King's alleged accomplice in the case, an unidentified 16-year-old girl who police say also wielded a crossbow in the shootings, is being charged as a juvenile, Firpo said.

King and the girl were arrested Monday -- one day after a multi-agency manhunt on the Samoa Peninsula began when police were called to the area on reports of a man with arrow wounds on State Route 255. When police arrived, they found another victim -- a 44-year-old man -- dead from a single arrow wound to the face.

The Humboldt County Coroner's Office is not releasing the man's name until they notify his next of kin.

The surviving victim -- a 41-year-old man -- was treated and released from a local hospital for arrow wounds to the head, hip and leg.

Police allege King and the teenage girl, both transients from Lake County who had been camping in the dunes area for about two weeks, confronted the two men, reportedly believing they had stolen something from their camp.